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9xMQ TIL The best-selling video games of all-time in Japan are, in order: Pokemon, Pokemon, Mario, Mario, Pokemon, Pokemon, and Pokemon.
vYk4 TIL the “french” in french fries actually describes the way the spuds are sliced, not their country of origin.
Memm7 TIL about the Finkbeiner Test, which is used avoid gender bias in science related journalism by asking the author to avoid mentioning a female scientist's child care arrangements, her husband's job and other topics not germane to the article.
QgQM TIL English muffins aren’t baked.
p8BJ8 TIL due to gravitational time dilation the core of the earth is approx. 2.5 years younger than surface. Higher gravitational potential causes time to move faster. For example, over the course of earth's history, a clock at the top of Mt. Everest would be approx. 39 hours fast than at sea level.